New Yorker Anti-Caption Contest #384

WINNERS

FIRST PLACE

"The ogres here are extreme."

[Nod to...oh...me!--Tim H (JUDGE'S COMMENT: Tim [pictured below with his huge clock], has  entered a mildly entertaining cap that evokes our heritage and is perhaps a commentary on the predatory nature of big business. A quick Google search of  "Tim H" and "The hours here are obscene," reveals that he has used it before but is certainly not the original author of this brilliant cap which was indeed written for the cartoon below. And for this Tim apparently wants to pat himself on the back.)

SECOND PLACE

"Because....people, when we all get naked it goes away."--Anonymous (JUDGE'S COMMENT: And this pays tribute to a recent caption contest cartoon that had naked office workers gathered at a table. Recognized for the same reason the above cap got first place.)

THIRD PLACE

"Your artwork is..um..well, it's really nice. It's just that I'd like to move to an office that has windows."--pg13 (JUDGE'S COMMENT: Sure we get the premise, but that's not nice artwork.)

HONORABLE MENTIONS

World War II Japanese stereotypes in the window may be closer than they appear.--Satireguy (JUDGE'S COMMENT: Made me think that in the history of the world the U.S. is the only nation to ever use a nuclear weapon, and Japan is the only nation to...well you know. Kind of a unique relationship. )

"So it's Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce Cutler Gleason Chaough and Godzilla. 

Oh, sorry... Godzilla Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce Cutler Gleason and Chaough."--NJ-to-TX (JUDGE'S COMMENT: “The Mad Man" reference is appreciated, but I don't think these people will be dictating the post-takeover terms. Fun fact: There actually is an ad agency in LA named david and goliath [all lower case just to be extra edgy]. I once pitched for their softball team. Nice guys.)

"Looks like Evrolet Girl is on the rag again."--J.G.G. (JUDGE'S COMMENT: Another classic.  Guess that explains why she ransacked that chocolate factory and was seen languishing on the shores of Lake Michigan while the other giant girls where swimming.)

What a relief! We can all stop wondering what happened to JohnnyB.--boneguy (JUDGE'S COMMENT: I hear tale he's doing 3-to-5   for a B & E he had nothing to do with. Be strong Johnny.)

"I distinctly remember instructing my secretary to inform me whenever my mother-in-law dropped by."--Kathy H (JUDGE'S COMMENT: Granted mother-in-law jokes are perennial comic fodder, but I have two who have been very wonderful to me. Maybe Kathy's linking obsession has stirred the ire of her mom-in-law.  And if the guy in the cartoon knew she was going to pop over, would that have softened the contempt he feels for her, much less stop her?)

"Al dente in la."--pg13 (JUDGE'S COMMENT: Household Tip: You can tell your spaghetti is done the same way you can tell an item of clothing needs to be washed: Throw it against the wall and see if it sticks. You can say the same about Anti-Caps—metaphorically, I mean.)